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Selections for Sligo – June 9th 2026
5.20: TORQUAY ROAD (FINN BRICKLEY (7)/CIAN COLLINS) 5.55: FAMILY GETAWAY (KEVIN SEXTON/GORDON ELLIOTT) 6.30: CRYSTABELL – EW – (HARRY SEXTON (7)/JOHN RYAN) 7.00: CHOLO – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/MICHAEL BUTLER) 7.30: WALKING IN MAYO – EW – (LEE SHANAHAN (7)/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 8.00: LARKIN’S LANE – EW – (SHANE O’CALLAGHAN (5)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 8.30: TACOGRAPH (PADDY…
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Paul B. Garvey Naulswood and New Inn – A Tribute
There’s a scene in the old Dermot Morgan tape often quoted in this space in which Ireland’s greatest political satirist is ‘taking off’ Mike Murphy interviewing Michael D. Higgins and he begins the monologue thus: “Michael D. Higgins, the D’s for Dodgy”. Between my admiration for Both men (Dermot and Mickey D) it very often…
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Selections for Navan – June 7th 2026
1.07: CLEODOLINDA (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 1.42: STAG NIGHT (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 2.17: AN LAOCHMOR – EW – (TERRY CASEY (7)/DANNY MURPHY) 2.52: OCEAN’S BREATH (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 3.27: ISAAC NEWTON – EW – (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.02: FINGERPAINT – EW – (COLIN KEANE/DERMOT WELD) 4.37: MAXWELL SMART – EW – (SADHABH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 5.12:…
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Selections for Punchestown – June 6th 2026
1.15: SWITCH FROM DIESEL (RICKY DOYLE/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 1.50: HASHTAG PRETENDER (LIAM MCKENNA (3)/BARRY CONNELL) 2.25: DE CAPO GLORY (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/PADRAIG BUTLER) 3.00: TIFFANY’S GIRL – EW – (EOGHAN FINEGAN (7)/LIAM BURKE) 3.40: EASTER BONNET (ANNA MCGUINNESS (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.20: LIVIO (ANNA MCGUINNESS (7)/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.55: ANGELO DUNDEE (MIKE O’CONNOR/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.30: WORKING CLASS…
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Podcast Episode: June 5th 2026
Pip: It is a Thursday evening in early June, and Brendan has opinions — on horses, on managers, on GAA presidents, on the general direction of sport as a concept. Mara: This is Boylan Talks Sport. Today we are moving through racing selections for two Irish meetings, then into a wide-ranging look at football governance,…
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Selections for Clonmel – June 5th 2026
5.05: WHATS NEW (PHILIP DONOVAN (3)/ANDY SLATTERY) 5.40: GINO BELLA (MIKE O’CONNOR/PAT FOLEY) 6.10: YOU DONE WELL – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/MICHAEL J. BROWNE) 6.45: MARKET READY (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/SEAN AHERNE) 7.20: FARREN GLORY (JAMES SMITH (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 7.55: INTHENICKOFTIME – EW – (AIDAN KELLY (3)/ENDA BOLGER) 8.30: ZOLPHARINA (HARRY SEXTON (7)/JOHN RYAN)
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Selections for Fairyhouse – June 5th 2026
4.20: DANCING DESTINY (DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.55: ZENFORD – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 5.30: COUNTY CARLOW (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 6.00: GAZELLE D’OR (BILLY LEE/MICK GRASSICK) 6.34: I’M SPARTICUS – EW – (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 7.09: PIERRE GROSSE (KEITHEN KENNEDY (5)/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 7.44: SHE’S IDEAL – EW – (REESE HOOLAHAN (7)/PAUL FLYNN) 8.19: COPPER CRAFT…
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Sideline Cuts – 48
Liverpool not hanging around Just a short time ago (Thursday evening), former Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola was officially unveiled as the new manager of Liverpool FC. Thus completing one of the quickest pieces of football business seen in a very long time. So fast was it, in fact, one does wonder had the wheels of…
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Selections for Leopardstown – June 4th 2026
5.30: IBELIEVEICANFLY (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.00: GREAT MOVER (PADDY HARNETT/WILLIE MCCREERY) 6.30: ENDORSEMENT (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.00: FLEUR DE PROVENCE (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 7.30: JOHNNY SODA (ADAM CAFFREY/ADO MCGUINNESS) 8.00: DIAMOND EXCHANGE – EW – (SHANE FOLEY/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 8.30: NICKY LARSON – EW – (JULIAN PIETROPAOLO (7)/PAUL NOLAN)
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Sideline Cuts – 47
Ireland’s quietest hero calls time News broke a short while ago the 1997 Snooker World Champion Ken Doherty has called time on his long and illustrious career in the professional ranks in the sport. One of the quietest and most unassuming sporting heroes the island of Ireland has ever produced, the Ranelagh native never did,…
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